Geelong Youth Choir Inc. in Highton, Victoria | Music school
Geelong Youth Choir Inc.
Locality: Highton, Victoria
Phone: +61 414 806 228
Address: 174 Barrabool Rd. 3216 Highton, VIC, Australia
Website: http://www.geelongyouthchoir.com
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25.01.2022 This is very cool! Take a look.
20.01.2022 We were so fortunate to have the amazingly talented Christopher Bennett on board for our Geelong After Dark performance, which was sadly COVID cancelled. However we look forward to some fantastic creative collaborations in the future.
20.01.2022 We have an amazing year planned at Geelong Youth Choir in 2020. On Friday 1 May, GYC will be performing at Geelong After Dark. We are incredibly excited and can't wait for you to see what we have planned. We will have more details in the coming weeks, but in the meantime, save the date! Here’s the promo for last year's event: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aS8lIBhJyGE
20.01.2022 Thank you to Angie for this lovely testimonial. To join our voice programs from preschool through to adults register your interest at https://geelongyouthchoir.com/contact-us/
19.01.2022 We’re so excited to see our singers for the first Thursday rehearsals for 2020. To join our voice programs from preschool through to adults register your interest at https://geelongyouthchoir.com/contact-us/
18.01.2022 Every child is born a musician and Let’s Make Music! provides the perfect environment for babies, toddlers, preschoolers and the adults that love them to make music together. Classes are full of singing and dancing, and utilise quality instruments and engaging props. Parents love sharing in the fun of music with their children, and learn the skills and confidence to make music an integral part of their every day lives. Let's Make Music! is held on Thursday/Friday mornings in Highton. For more info & bookings: https://geelongyouthchoir.com/contact-us/
17.01.2022 Happy Easter to all our families and friends. We're missing you all! Here's a smile to share...
16.01.2022 Throwback Thursday. Not too far back, just a year, but feels so long ago
15.01.2022 Raise the Bar singer, Corporal Glenn Agnew (Australian Army (UNTAC Cambodia) and our friend and colleague, Callum Watson on bagpipes, deliver a moving tribute on ANZAC Day. We greatly missed singing this year. Lest we forget.
15.01.2022 We sadly advise that due to COVID-19 all Geelong Youth Choir rehearsals for the remainder of Term One have been cancelled. This includes our preschool program, Let's Make Music and our adult singing group, Raise the Bar. The following events on our calendar have also been affected: Disney Spectacular Concert - Wish Upon a Song - Postponed... Geelong After Dark - Cancelled ANZAC Day services - Cancelled We look forward to picking up again when the situation improves.
14.01.2022 The Geelong Youth Choir Bunnings Sausage Sizzle Fundraiser is on right now at Bunnings Waurn Ponds until 4pm. Come along and support our community based choir. New members are always welcome, so ask our friendly members and friends for more information. See you soon!
14.01.2022 Did you know? Choir singing improves health, happiness and is the perfect icebreaker. "The satisfaction of performing together, even without an audience, is likely to be associated with activation of the brain’s reward system, including the dopamine pathway, which keeps people coming back for more." Join us and enjoy the many benefits of choir singing. To learn more, register your interest at: https://geelongyouthchoir.com/contact-us/
14.01.2022 We'd like to say a huge thank you to our wonderful helpers at our fundraising sausage sizzle at Bunnings on Saturday. We had a great turn out of helpers and we're pleased to report the event raised $1,615 towards our Term One costs. A special thank you to committee member, Heather Jane, for her hard work in organising the day.
14.01.2022 The Geelong Youth Choir was founded as the Geelong Children’s Choir in 1988 by Eileen Martin. The choir has established a fine reputation in Geelong for providing professional training and for being a caring and friendly organisation, which helps prepare young people for the future. The Geelong Youth Choir is a community choir and welcomes young people from all walks of life. To learn more, register your interest at: https://geelongyouthchoir.com/contact-us/
13.01.2022 Not feeling well? Here's a handy guide from the World Health Organisation
13.01.2022 This is to notify all that under the extraordinary circumstances in which we find ourselves, the AGM for Geelong Youth Choir, originally scheduled for Monday, 23rd March, is postponed. We are making adjustments as best we can with the hope we can emerge the other end still in operation. All rehearsals are now cancelled, and we are looking at ways in which we can maintain our choristers’ friendships and musical journeys online. May we all get through this safe, healthy, and with lots of loo paper.
12.01.2022 GYC and Raise the Bar rehearsals are on again this afternoon. We can’t wait to see you there! You can still signup to volunteer at our Bunnings sausage sizzle fundraiser this Saturday 14 March. Ask a committee member behind the desk at today’s rehearsal for more information.
12.01.2022 Thanks GCC! We look forward to drumming up a storm in the hopefully not-to-distant future
12.01.2022 Examples of people around the world singing away the coronavirus blues. Making music in a time of crisis reminds us we belong. #justkeepsinging
11.01.2022 No matter what is happening in life, there's always the perfect song to get us through.
10.01.2022 Everyone loves a choir. Hang in there GYC family, we’ll be together soon
09.01.2022 Introducing our second new staff member for 2020, GYC is thrilled to welcome Laura Moore to the team. Laura will be taking both our Vivace class on Monday afternoons, as well as our adult group, Raise the Bar, on Thursday evenings. Two very different groups but we know she's up for the challenge! Laura is passionate music educator and thoroughly enjoys working with students through choirs, ensembles and classroom teaching. She has worked as a strings and choral conductor fo...r 10 years across a wide variety of programs, including Melbourne Symphony Orchestra’s Pizzicato Effect, Border Music Camp, NSW Arts Unit, Riverina Strings and Recorder Camp. As well as an enthusiastic educator, Laura also specialises in Historical Performance Practice, teaching and performing on the Viola da Gamba and baroque cello. You can read more about Laura on our website https://geelongyouthchoir.com/our-staff/
09.01.2022 Some of our GYC singers may be interested in entering this new online singing competition from Jonathon Welch's "Play it Forward" project: https://www.playitforward.org.au/shine
09.01.2022 Kids shouldn't have all the fun! Raise the Bar, our adult SATB vocal group, was formed to allow singers of all ages to work to an advanced level. As a logical extension of GYC, we invite GYC alumni, family members and other singers of Geelong to join. With conductor Laura and the incredibly talented Brad on piano, it’s a well paced evening for those who enjoy performing music in a range of styles and levels of difficulty. To learn more, register your interest at: https://geelongyouthchoir.com/contact-us/
07.01.2022 As we find our way through life in lockdown, some innovative online singing options are popping up all over the world - here are a few: https://www.choirplace.com//how-to-sing-together-in-times-
07.01.2022 Prelude Choir offers young people who love to sing, a unique opportunity to learn a wide range of music and learn about healthy vocal technique. Specifically, the choir offers Kodály-based singing and musicianship for a well-rounded music education that is fun and engaging. GYC is excited to offer two Prelude groups in 2020. Prelude rehearsals are held Monday 4.15pm-5.45pm and Thursday 4.30pm-6.00pm. Our Prelude choristers range from Year 2 to upper primary level. To find out more, register your interest at https://geelongyouthchoir.com/contact-us/
07.01.2022 It's National Volunteer Week and we'd like to send a wave of appreciation to all our wonderful committee members, past and present. Thank you for all the support you've given to our music staff and singers. You've kept us making music for 32 years! #NVW2020 #waveforvolunteers Volunteering Australia
06.01.2022 Even in the most desperate times, music can lift the spirits as some Italian neighbours have proven by singing together in harmony from behind closed doors. #KeepSinging
04.01.2022 Simon has many fans at GYC following our performance together at the opening of the new Geelong Arts Centre last November. Be sure to tune in tonight at 8:00pm to hear Simon and Natalie singing 'Live - in your Loungeroom'.
04.01.2022 If you have little ones looking for a chance to sing and dance with Lah-lah, tune in to their Facebook Live Concert this Saturday at 10am!
03.01.2022 It was another fun morning at Let's Make Music! with Bron Lawson. We have lots of fun during class time but the real magic happens at home when you get to make music during your WHOLE week. It has been wonderful to welcome new families this term and we have room for more. Come join us! Let's Make Music! is for babies to 5 year olds and is held on Thursday/Friday mornings in Highton. For more info & bookings: https://geelongyouthchoir.com/contact-us/
03.01.2022 Applications for the Geelong Youth music experiment project have been extended to Friday 17 April. They are looking for a limited number of young people (12 -25yo) to take part in this fun project. If you’re up for the challenge, click on the post below for all the details.
02.01.2022 We are sorry not to be singing at ANZAC services this year, but look forward to producing a special work for ANZAC day in 2021. Lest We Forget.
01.01.2022 Apparently there’s a rush on sausages! But good news, we still have some here at Waurn Ponds Bunnings, but be quick. You could also try get a giant roll of loo paper that Bunnings have been advertising
01.01.2022 We greatly appreciate the support of Grill’d Waurn Ponds as part of the Local Matters initiative. Thank you to everyone who popped a token in the GYC jar during November. Thanks to your support we received $100 to support our programs.
01.01.2022 Wow! What an amazing first week back for our vocal programs. It was great to see our returning singers and meet new students and their families. This afternoon our Vivace students will again be singing and learning through the use of games and activities that promote active participation with conductor Laura Moore. Our Vivace early years music program is for Foundation and Year 1 students. To find out more, register your interest at https://geelongyouthchoir.com/contact-us/
